| 单词 | grassquit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrassquit grassquit n. any of various neotropical tanagers comprising the genera Tiaris, Volatinia, and Loxipasser (family Thraupidae), typically having dull or dark-coloured plumage; also with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Tiaris (grass quit) seed eater1820 grassquit1847 1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 254 The name of Quit is applied without much discrimination by the negroes of Jamaica, to several small birds, such as the..Grass Quits which are finches. 1969 Bird-banding 40 275 Severe cases [of Scaly-leg disease] have been seen on..the Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus) and occasionally on the Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivacea) and Black-faced Grassquit (T. bicolor). 2002 Brownsville (Texas) Herald 21 July b9/3 Grassquits are notorious for staying low, moving fast and playing shy. < as lemmas |
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